Transforming public spaces with plants that decontaminate soils can add functional, ecological, economic and social value to derelict areas. A new study calls for consideration of social and environmental factors, as well as remediation needs, to produce effective and innovative landscape design. Land contaminated by urbanisation and industrialisation can present substantial health and ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University are working to demonstrate that trees can be used to degrade or capture fuels that leak into soil and ground water. Through a process called phytoremediation – literally a “green” technology – plants and trees remove pollutants from the environment or render them harmless. Through a partnership with state and federal government agencies, the military ...

“Introduction to the Phytoremediation of Common Groundwater Contaminants,” a one-hour Webinar presented by the National Ground Water Association, will take place June 5, 2012 at 1 p.m. ET. Attendees will learn how trees can remediate many common groundwater contamination problems during this online presentation by Dr. James E. Landmeyer, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will host a public meeting and begin accepting comments on its proposed plan to clean up the National Fireworks (OU) 2 Superfund Site. EPA’s proposed cleanup plan for the site consists of treating the contaminated groundwater and contaminated subsurface soil at the site using ...

Using broad-leaved trees such as willow trees in the phytoremediation of contaminated soils constitutes a cost-efficient method for restoring mining areas and landfills, according to a research project led by the University of Eastern Finland. Funded by the EU, the project studied willow tree growth in contaminated soils in Finland and Russia. "This is a cost-efficient solution for ...

C&T is participating in a project to evaluate the application of phytoremediation (plant based remediation) approach to clean up a long abandoned contaminated railway right of way inBerkeley. This project will be the first real world test of this approach and involves the planting of more than 2, 000 Chinese brake ferns (Pteris vittata) that have been shown to suck Arsenic out of the soil and ...

A Czech-South Korean research team has obtained a patent on a new method supporting plant biomass production which will also allow the cultivation of plants with a bigger biomass production. Both the food-processing and pharmaceutical industries can, in theory, use the patent, according to the team. 'The invention, which enables the cultivation of plants with an increased production of mass, ...

A Czech-South Korean research team has obtained a patent on a new method supporting plant biomass production which will also allow the cultivation of plants with a bigger biomass production. Both the food-processing and pharmaceutical industries can, in theory, use the patent, according to the team. 'The invention, which enables the cultivation of plants with an increased production of mass, ...

CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction, and operations firm, is pleased to share that two Natural Treatment Systems Technologists are helping to round out the firm’s extensive wastewater services by offering their global expertise of natural treatment systems (NTS) to clients in the upper Midwest. “As a global leader in water and wastewater services, natural ...

JODER Consulting, Inc. (JODER), a Destin, Florida based service-disabled veteran-owned small business founded in 2005, announced today the establishment of a marketing agreement with RemQuest, a premier provider of advanced environmental remediation products. According to the President of JODER Consulting, Inc., retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Joe Oder, “the marketing agreement between ...

The Ekos Brasil Institute is pleased to invite you to participate at our VII International Seminar on Remediation and Redevelopment of Contaminated Sites. The program will consist of approximately 20 technical sessions, in addition to poster sessions and short courses. Speakers from Brazil, Germany, the USA, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Canada and other Latin American countries from ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded more than $1 million in grants to 15 university and college teams from across the country who participated in the 8th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for their innovative environmental solutions. EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) award competition was held at the expo, and ...

47 new green mining technology breakthroughs uncovered and profiled in “Emerging Green Mining Innovation,” a report published today by Kachan & Co. Driven primarily by cost savings, mining companies are beginning to adopt new greener technologies. And that’s spawning a cottage industry of companies aimed at helping the mining industry clean up after hundreds of years ...

New breakthrough science and cost reductions from the world of cleantech hold promise for making mining-one of the dirtiest, most inefficient industries in the world-more profitable, safer and cleaner. But which cleantech innovations aimed at reducing toxicity in mining, as well as the need for power and water, are best positioned to succeed? Which companies will win and which will lose? How can ...

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